Related Searches
Nearby Words
dullness
| Main Entry: |
dullness
|
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | quality of being boring |
| Synonyms: | aridity, boredom, commonplaceness, drabness, dreariness, dryness, familiarity, flatness, insipidity, insipidness, lifelessness, monotomy, routine, sameness, slowness, staleness, tediousness, tedium, uninterestingness, vapidity |
| Antonyms: | action, interest, liveliness |
| Main Entry: | dullness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
Related
Adjectives: |
and unprofitable, bluff, blunt, commonplace, dry as dust, dubby, dull, dull as ditch, flat, flat, hebetudinous, humdrum, inficete, insulse, matter of fact, melancholic, monotonous, obtundent, obtuse, plodding, pointless, prosaic, prosing, purblind, slow, snub, stale, stolid, stumpf, stupid, unasinous, unentertaining, unimaginative, uninteresting, unlively, vapid, weary
|
| Concept: | Dullness. |
| Category: | 1. Passive Affections |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
dullness, heaviness, flatness; infestivity, stupidity [more]; want of originality; dearth of ideas., prose, matter of fact; heavy book, conte a dormir debout; platitude.
-verbs
be dull; prose, take au serieux, be caught napping., render dull; damp, depress, throw cold water on, lay a wet blanket on; fall flat upon the ear.
-adjectives
dull, dull as ditch water; unentertaining, uninteresting, unlively, logy [U.S.]; unimaginative; insulse; dry as dust; prosy, prosing, prosaic; matter of fact, commonplace, pointless; "weary stale flat and unprofitable" [Hamlet]., stupid, slow, flat, humdrum, monotonous; melancholic; stolid; plodding.
-phrases
davus sum non Aedipus.
|
| Antonyms: | wit |
| Browse Concept Index » | |
| Main Entry: | apathy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | uncaring attitude, lack of interest |
| Synonyms: | aloofness, coldness, coolness, detachment, disinterest, dispassion, disregard, dullness, emotionlessness, halfheartedness, heedlessness, indifference, insensibility, insensitivity, insouciance, lassitude, lethargy, listlessness, passiveness, passivity, stoicism, unconcern, unresponsiveness |
| Antonyms: | care, concern, feeling, interest, passion, sensitivity, sympathy, warmth |
| Main Entry: | boredom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disinterest; weariness |
| Synonyms: | apathy, detachment, disgust, distaste, doldrums, dullness, ennui, fatigue, flatness, incuriosity, indifference, irksomeness, jadedness, lack of interest, lassitude, lethargy, listlessness, monotony, pococurantism, sameness, taedium vitae, tediousness, tedium, tiresomeness, unconcern, world-weariness, yawn |
| Antonyms: | excitement, interest, pleasure |
| Main Entry: | coma |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deep unconsciousness |
| Synonyms: | blackout, dullness, faint, hebetude, insensibility, lethargy, oblivion, sleep, slumber, somnolence, stupor, swoon, syncope, torpidity, torpor, trance |
| Antonyms: | alertness, consciousness, wakefulness |
| Main Entry: | depression |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | low spirits; despair |
| Synonyms: | abasement, abjection, abjectness, blahs, bleakness, blue funk, bummer, cheerlessness, dejection, desolation, desperation, despondency, disconsolation, discouragement, dispiritedness, distress, dole, dolefulness, dolor, downheartedness, dreariness, dullness, dumps, ennui, gloom, gloominess, heaviness of heart, heavyheartedness, hopelessness, lowness, lugubriosity, melancholia, melancholy, misery, mortification, qualm, sadness, sorrow, the blues, trouble, unhappiness, vapors, woefulness, worry |
| Antonyms: | cheerfulness, encouragement, happiness, hope, hopefulness |
| Main Entry: | doldrums |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | depression |
| Synonyms: | apathy, black mood, blahs, blue funk, blues, boredom, bummer, dejection, disinterest, dismals, downer, dullness, dumps, ennui, funk, gloom, inactivity, indifference, inertia, lassitude, letdown, listlessness, malaise, mopes, slump, stagnation, stupor, tedium, torpor, yawn |
| Antonyms: | elation, gladness, glee, happiness, joy |
| Main Entry: | fatigue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tiredness |
| Synonyms: | brain fag, burnout, debility, dullness, enervation, ennui, exhaustion, faintness, fatigation, feebleness, heaviness, languor, lassitude, lethargy, listlessness, overtiredness, weakness, weariness |
| Antonyms: | energy, freshness, liveliness, spirit, vigor |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
